Dept. of Revenue: Kicks off tax season

CONTACT: Patty Mayers, Communications Director DORCommunications@wisconsin.gov or 608.266.2300 Tax Deadline: April 15, 2019 MADISON – Wisconsin’s tax season, like the federal tax season, officially begins today. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) expects filing activity will be brisk, particularly the first

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WisGOP: Where is Tony’s transportation plan?

Contact: Charles Nichols (608) 257-4765 Still No Plan Despite Evers’ Promise on Campaign Trail to Release After Election [Madison, WI] – Governor Evers spent the entire campaign telling voters that one of his top priorities was “solving Wisconsin’s transportation crisis,”

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Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty: Releases K-12 education reform agenda

For more information, contact: Collin Roth | WILL Director of Communication collin@will-law.org | 414-727-7418 Detailed policy roadmap shows how state can improve student outcomes The Problem: Wisconsin’s K-12 education system is not working. Reading and math achievement has been stagnant for two decades while the rest of the country has experienced significant

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State Treasurer Godlewski: Demands change after the impact of the shutdown on Wisconsin families

MADISON- Today, Treasurer Godlewski highlighted the fiscal impact of the Federal Government shutdown on Wisconsin workers and their families. Godlewski stated that “in the 5 weeks that our government was shutdown without guardrails to protect employees, Wisconsinites experienced $25.7 million in lost wages.” “Wisconsin is home to almost 30,000 federal employees, and these

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Dept. of National Resources Secretary Preston Cole: Announced additional appointments to his leadership team today

CONTACT: Andrew Savagian, DNR Office of Communications, 608-261-6422 Todd Ambs has been named DNR Assistant Deputy Secretary. Ambs previously served as DNR Water Division administrator from 2003-2010. Ambs has worked in the environmental policy field for more than 35 years, most recently as the director for Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition.

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Northwestern Mutual: Named presenting sponsor of WERCBench Labs demo day

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 jmorby@m-werc.org Start-up teams will showcase companies on March 5 MILWAUKEE – Five start-up companies with technologies ranging from energy storage to power generation are finishing the final weeks of MWERC’s WERCBench Labs accelerator program. “WERCBench Labs has built a reputation as one of the region’s top accelerator

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Dept. of Revenue: Kicks off tax season

CONTACT: Patty Mayers, Communications Director DORCommunications@wisconsin.gov or 608.266.2300 Tax Deadline: April 15, 2019 MADISON – Wisconsin’s tax season, like the federal tax season, officially begins today. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) expects filing activity will be brisk, particularly the first few weeks and the last few weeks of the season. 

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Urges Trump administration to pay federal workers affected by the shutdown immediately 

Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov, 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a bipartisan group of her Senate colleagues, led by Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), in writing to Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Margaret M. Weichert, urging the Trump administration to provide back pay for federal workers as

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WisGOP: Where is Tony’s transportation plan?

Contact: Charles Nichols (608) 257-4765 Still No Plan Despite Evers’ Promise on Campaign Trail to Release After Election [Madison, WI] – Governor Evers spent the entire campaign telling voters that one of his top priorities was “solving Wisconsin’s transportation crisis,” but immediately after being sworn-in, Evers skirted responsibility on the

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